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ISLAND LIFE 



PART II 



5. Common creeper Certhia familiaris. 



6. Nuthatch Sitta europoeci siib-sp. amurensis. 



7. Carrion crow Corvus corone. 



8. Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatades. 



9. Magpie Pica caudata. 



10. Pallass' grey shrike Lanius excubitor sub-sp. major. 



11. Waxwing Ampclis garrulus. 



12. Grey wagtail Motacilla hoarula sub-sp. melanope. 



13. Alpine Pipit Anclms spinoletta sub-sp. japonicus. 



14. Skylark Alauda arvensis sub-sp. japonica. 



15. Common hawfinch Coccothraustes vulgaris. 



16. Common Crossbill Loxia curmrostra. 



17. Siskin Fringilla spinus. 



18. Mealy redpole ,, linaria. 



19. Brambling monti fringilla. 



20. Tree sparrow Passer montanus. 



21. Reed bunting JSinberiza schcmiculiis suh.s-p. pahtstris. 



22. Rustic bunting rustica. 



23. Snow bunting nivalis. 



24. Chimney swallow Hirundo rustica sub-sp. gutturalis. 



25. Sand martin Cotyle riparia. 



26. Great spotted woodpecker Picus major sub-sp. japonicus. 



27. Lesser spotted woodpecker minor. 



28. Wryneck Jynx torquilla. 



29. Hoopoe Upupa cpops. 



30. Blue rock pigeon Golumba livia. 



31. Cuckoo Cuculus canorus. 



32. Kingfisher Alcedo ispida sub-sp. hengalensis. 



33. Eagle owl Bubo maximtis. 



34. Snowy owl Surnia nyctea. 



35. Long-eared owl Strix otus. 



36. Short-eared owl brachyotus. 



37. Scops owl Scops scops. 



38. Jer falcon Falco gyrfalco. 



39. Peregrine falcon peregrimts. 



40. Hobby ,, subbuteo. 



41. Merlin Falco a^salon. 



42. Kestrel Tinnunculus alaudarius siih-s]). japonicus. 



43. Osprey Pandion halidetus. 



44. Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorics. 



45. White-tailed eagle Halidetus albicilla. 



46. Golden eagle Aquila chrysdctus. 



47. Common buzzard Buteo vulgaris sub-sp. plumipes. 



48. Hen-harrier Circus cyaneus. 



49. Marsh-harrier ,, oiruginosus. 



50. Gos-hawk Astur palumbarius. 



51. Sparrow-hawk Accipiter nisus. 



52. Ptarmigan Tetrao mutus. 



53. Common quail Coturnix communis. 



But even tliese fifty-three species by no means fairly 

 represent the amount of resemblance between Britain and 



